McMahon, Ruth
(2018)
Debating
nationhood
through
images:
the
visual
language
of
French
political
cartoons.
NPPSH Reflections, 2.
pp. 103-116.
ISSN 2565-6031
Abstract
Comparable
to
the
metaphorical
‘struggle
over
domains
of
belonging
and
apartness
in
Africa
at
the
founding
of
the
Mali
empire’
(Fernandez,
1991),
contemporary
France,
consistent
with
the
current
populist
wave
in
Western
Europe
and
the
US,
is
experiencing
a
crisis
of
identity.
This
identity
crisis,
ignited
by
slowing
economic
growth,
rising
unemployment
and
a
continuing
influx
of
immigrants,
has
sparked
nationwide
debate
about
Frenchness
and
citizenship,
and
is
widely
apparent
in
French
media,
particularly
i
n
the
readily
accessible
visual
language
of
the
political
cartoon.
Within
these
illustrations,
disputes
about
identity
and
social
hierarchy
are
negotiated
through
the
use
of
metaphor
in
the
figurative
‘argument
of
images’.
| Item Type: |
Article
|
| Keywords: |
NPPSH; Debating nationhood; images; visual language;
French political cartoons; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Arts & Humanities > Research Institutes > An Foras Feasa |
| Item ID: |
10834 |
| Depositing User: |
NPPSH Editor
|
| Date Deposited: |
05 Jun 2019 16:26 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
NPPSH Reflections |
| Publisher: |
Maynooth Academic Publishing |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| URI: |
|
| Use Licence: |
This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available
here |
Repository Staff Only(login required)
 |
Item control page |
Downloads per month over past year
Origin of downloads
Altmetric
Altmetric